Eamonn Cunningham

Eamonn joined the Westfield Group in 1986. After holding various positions in the Finance area he was promoted to the position of Chief Risk Officer in 2005.

Following the restructure of the Westfield Group in 2014, Eamonn became Chief Risk Officer for Scentre Group, the owner and operator of Westfield in Australia and New Zealand and retired in 2016

Eamonn is a past Chairman of the Risk Management Committee of the Property Council of Australia and former member of the M200 Association and a member of AIRMIC's advisory council. A regular contributor to Risk Management publications, he has adjudicated many industry awards.

He led the team that won the Risk Manager/Team of the year at the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) in 2010. In 2014 Eamonn was inducted into the Business Insurance Risk Manager of the Year Honor Role. In May 2017 Eamonn received StrategicRisk's Lifetime Achiever Award at their AsiaPac conference in Singapore.

Eamonn is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a founding member of RIMS Australasia chapter Board of Directors. A member of RIMS since 2001, he is the Chapter’s RIMS Delegate and is based in Sydney.